Ezekiel 11:12

10 You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

11 The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.

Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”

13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

14 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
KJV
And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
WEB
You will know that I am the LORD, for you have not walked in my statutes. You have not executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”’”
ASV
and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
DARBY
and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah, in whose statutes ye have not walked, neither have done mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
BLB
and you⁺ will know that I [am] YHWH. For in My statutes you⁺ have not walked, and My ordinances you⁺ have not done, and according to the ordinances of the nations that [are] around you⁺ you⁺ have done.”
ÅB
Og dere skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, hvis bud dere ikke har fulgt, og hvis lover dere ikke har holdt; men dere har holdt dere etter de hedningefolks lover som bor rundt omkring dere.
OTB
Og dere skal vite at jeg er Herren, for dere har ikke fulgt mine forskrifter eller holdt mine lover, men har tilpasset dere skikkene til nasjonene rundt dere.”
B1930
Og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, hvis bud I ikke har fulgt, og hvis lover I ikke har holdt; men I har holdt eder efter de hedningefolks lover som bor rundt omkring eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 8:10

    So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.

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  • Ezekiel 8:14

    Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.

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  • Ezekiel 8:16

    So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

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  • Psalms 106:35–39

    but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:14

    Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Kings 17:11–23

    They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.

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  • Nehemiah 9:34

    Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

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  • Daniel 9:10

    and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

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